Pages

Monday, June 1, 2009

Blue Lemonade for Blue Monday

You know what they say about the path to perdition. Well, I'd planned all week for a montage of the sky and ridgeline that I see from my kitchen windows. I thought about it and I thought about it, but never touched the camera and when I went to take the pictures the sky chose to bury itself beneath a haze of milky white and nap like Sleeping Beauty. I made myself a drink - I swear it was not the one you see here - and while sipping my tea had another thought that did lead to the photograph and recipe featured today. A few years ago I was asked to make a punch for a shower that had an all blue theme. Drinks are not my area of expertise, but with a little research I was able to find something called Blue Lemonade Punch. Now, unbeknownst to me, there was one small problem with the drink. It's made with strawberry Kool-Aid. God has yet to create a man or woman who can taste blue curacao and vodka when mixed with this strawberry witches brew. Some of the revelers, though warned the punch was spiked, had a very, very good time that was matched only by the very, very bad headaches they had the following day. This is not that drink, but it's pretty darn close to it, so proceed with caution. I do love the color. It's perfect for Blue Monday.

This reminds me of when we were young and made lemonade and mixed it with food dyes at a friends house. You can imagine what wild colors we used. It stained our teeth but we were having so much fun we didn't notice until her father, a dentist, came home and had a fit. Happy blue Monday.Sam

Chandy, I can offer no suggestions for a substitute if you want this shade of blue for your lemonade. However, you can get a blue lemonade by using pureed and strained blueberries. Also, a few drops of blue food color would do the trick.

As I sit here sipping your recipe I toast my glass to you and say Thank You:) Just kidding as it is AM here but I copied the recipe for a baby shower I am hosting because the color is perfect. I think after I serve a few of these I will not have to worry about them eating too much food. They will all be laughing too much to worry about eating. Maybe I should give out small bottles of aspirin for the party favors:)Joyce

It's so pretty! I don't drink alcohol so I couldn't use this recipe but it does inspire me to try different colors of punch and lemonade to go with party themes! Your blueberry substitution sounds yummy!

Thanks for stopping by today and Happy Blue Monday!Robin@Miscellaneous Thoughts

Site Meter

Privacy Policy

This blog does not share personal information with third-parties nor does it store information about your visit for use other than to analyze content performance through the use of cookies, which you can turn off at anytime by modifying your Internet browser's settings. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a a users prior visits to this website. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads. This blog is not responsible for the republishing of the content found here on other Web sites or media without the owners permission. This privacy policy is subject to change without notice